Course Evaluation Winter Term 2024

This is the evaluation for the courses Digital Engineering [w3] and Electrical Engineering [w3] at the faculty of Electrical Engineering at the HTWG Konstanz for the winter term 2024/25. Courses are scheduled with two appointments per week, 90 minutes each. Attendance is possible from a university classroom or from home office. There is no compulsory attendance as the legal situation does not permits, except for on-site laboratories. My courses Digital Engineering and Electrical Engineering apply the inverted classroom teaching method since winter term 2023 so that students' preparation is mandatory for the weekly appointments.

The faculty does not apply entrance tests for examinations in general so that all students of the course are eligible examination candidates by definition. Students' attendance discipline or work performance are usually not measured by the faculty. The examination office of the university builds the examination lists for all registered students of a branch of study.

My examinations are carried out in digital form so that no prints and no travel is required. Attendance is possible from the university campus or from home offices. A monitoring of students during the examination is performed by camera and/or microphone in alignment with the legal regulations. Students are allowed to use the entire course material during the examinations. The online-examinations are as such barrier-free.

The quality management for my courses is based on an attendance documentation. Attendance rates are correlated to examination results to investigate input-output performance. The numbers presented below might appear inconsistent because of "unknown" or de-registered students. "Unknown" students are individuals that seemingly exist only on paper (indicated "NV" in the diagrams below). While listed on the official examinations lists they never appear in lectures, exercises, labs or examinations nor do they register on course pages or respond to contacting. De-registered students are individuals that officially cancel their examination attendance between the finalization of the examination lists and the date of examination.

There is in general some uncertainty in the presence statistics because some students might don't want their presence to be tracked and therefore attend in groups from the university campus.



1. Digital Engineering [w3] - Summary

The course content is structured in modules delivered by scripts, exercises with sample solutions, lecture videos (MP4) and work packages including simulation models and discussion of the theory for selected topics. All notes from meetings are distributed as PDF files to support an individual time management and learning speed.

The minimum rate of points to pass the examination is 42%, i.e. 25 out of 60 points. Grades greater than 4 do not pass the examination.

Examination Sample Solution Comment
[pdf] [pdf] Online-Examination
[pdf (A)][pdf (B)] [pdf (A)][pdf (B)] Online-Assessment-Examination
Distribution Of Points
Distribution Of Points
Digital Engineering - Overview Of Grades (1 - Best Grade, 4 - Minimimum Grade to Pass)
Simulated Pass Rate (ALL courses)
Digital Engineering - Simulated Pass Rate
Simulated Pass Rate (ALL courses)

The simulated examination pass rate is based on a simulated variation of the minimum rate to pass. The curves give a footprint of the collective knowledge of a course. This makes the collective students knowledge comparable over semesters. The course content is stable while the Inverted Classroom teaching method is applied since winter term 2023.

Example (green solid line):
if 50% (30 out of 60 points) would have been the minimum rate of points to pass, 71% of students would have passed in the summer term 2022 (corona semester).

Example (red solid line):
if 50% (30 out of 60 points) would have been the minimum rate of points to pass, 26% of students would have passed in the summer term 2020 (corona semester).

The course of curves and a comparison among semesters allow an assessment of the collective states of knowledge. The course contents and levels of complexity did not change since 2018 so that the improvement of examination performance between 2020 and 2022 (during the pandemic) appears remarkable when compared to all other semesters.



Digital Engineering Enrolled Examined Attn Rate Passed Pass Rate
1st attempt 43 34 79% 17 50%
2nd attempt 14 8 19% 7 88%
3rd attempt 1 1 100% 1 100%
Total 58 43 74% 25 58%


1.1.1 Technical Branch - Bachelor Electrical Engineering (EIB) - Regular Examination

Digital Engineering (EIB)
Presence Map Digital Engineering EIB
Exam EIB (1st Semester) Enrolled Examined Attn Rate Passed Pass Rate
1st attempt 29 23 79% 10 43%
2nd attempt 0 0 0% 0 0%
3rd attempt 1 1 100% 1 100%
Total 30 24 80% 11 46%

1.1.2 Technical Branch - Bachelor Electrical Engineering (EIB) - Assessment Examination

Students in the first semester are eligible candidates for an assessment examination per examination regulations.
Exam EIB (1st Semester) Enrolled Examined Attn Rate Passed Pass Rate
1st attempt 1 1 100% 1 100%
2nd attempt 6 3 50% 1 33%
3rd attempt 2 1 50% 1 100%
Total 9 5 55% 3 60%


1.2 Technical Branch - Bachelor Intelligent Mobility Systems (IMS) - Regular Examination

The course Digital Engineering is in general not offered in the winter term for this branch of study. All candidates prepared themselves in self-study with the available online material, i.e. lecture videos, PDF exercise notes, exercises and former examinations including sample solutions.

Digital Engineering (IMS)
Presence Map Digital Engineering IMS
Exam IMS (2nd Semester) Enrolled Examined Attn Rate Passed Pass Rate
1st attempt 0 0 0% 0 0%
2nd attempt 1 1 100% 1 100%
3rd attempt 0 0 0% 0 0%
Total 1 1 100% 1 100%


1.3.1 Economic Branch - Bachelor Industrial International (IWI) - Regular Examination

Digital Engineering (IWI)
Presence Map Digital Engineering IWI
Exam IWI (2nd Semester) Enrolled Examined Attn Rate Passed Pass Rate
1st attempt 6 5 83% 4 80%
2nd attempt 6 4 67% 3 75%
3rd attempt 0 0 0% 0 0%
Total 12 9 75% 7 78%


1.3.2 Economic Branch - Bachelor Industrial Engineering (EIW) - Regular Examination

Digital Engineering (EIW)
Presence Map Digital Engineering EIW
Presence map with attendance and examination statistics.
Exam EIW (2nd Semester) Enrolled Examined Attn Rate Passed Pass Rate
1st attempt 7 6 85% 3 50%
2nd attempt 4 3 75% 3 100%
3rd attempt 0 0 0% 0 0%
Total 11 9 82% 6 67%



2. Electrical Engineering [w3]

The course content is structured in modules delivered by lectures and exercises, sample solutions for exercises and former examinations, lecture videos (MP4), weekly lecture and exercise appointments with digital summary notes (PDF), work packages (ZIP archives) on all major topics including LTSpice simulation models and a detailed introduction to theory.

The minimum rate of points to pass the examination is 49%, i.e. 22 out of 45 points.

Examination Sample Solution Comment
[pdf] [pdf] Online-Examination


2.1. Electrical Engineering - Summary

Electrical Engineering (Total) Enrolled Examined Attn Rate Passed Pass Rate
1st attempt 50 33 66% 12 36%
2nd attempt 9 8 89% 0 0%
3rd attempt (or highera)) 6 3 50% 2 67%
Total 65 44b) 68% 14 32%
a) examination attempts for attestations without gradings are UNLIMITED per examination regulations
b) three attendees did not submit a wrought exam sheet

Pass Rate Simulation
Pass Rate Simulation


2.1 Economic Branch - Bachelor Industrial Engineering (EIW) - Ungraded Certificate

Bachelor Industrial Engineering (EIW)
Presence Map Industrial Engineering EIW
Presence map with attendance and examination statistics.
Electrical Engineering (EIW) Enrolled Examined Attn Rate Passed Pass Rate
1st attempt 19 9 47% 3 33%
2nd attempt 7 6 86% 0 0%
3rd attempt (or higher*) 2 1 50% 1 100%
Total 28 16 57% 4 25%
*examination attempts for attestations without gradings (called 'Schein') are UNLIMITED as per examination regulations


2.2 Economic Branch - Bachelor Industrial Engineering International (IWI) - Ungraded Certificate

Bachelor Industrial Engineering International (IWI)
Presence Map Electrical Engineering IWI
Presence map with attendance and examination statistics.
Exam IWI (1st Semester) Enrolled Examined Attn Rate Passed Pass Rate
1st attempt 31 24 77% 9 38%
2nd attempt 2 2 100% 0 0%
3rd attempt (or higher*) 4 2 50% 1 50%
Total 37 28 76% 10 36%
*examination attempts for attestations without grading (called 'Schein') are UNLIMITED as per examination regulations